hello and welcome to bbc news. russia has admitted that its forces targeted the ukrainian port of odesa on saturday, a day after moscow and kyiv agreed to allow grain shipments to leave the port. russian foreign ministry spokeswoman maria zakharova says cruise missiles destroyed what she described as a ukrainian military boat. the attack on odesa did not appear to hit anything connected with the storage or shipment of grain. but ukraine s president, volodymyr zelensky, called the strike barbaric, saying it shows moscow cannot be trusted. from odesa, our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse, sent this report. in a war littered with broken promises an especially devastating betrayal, two missiles launched from the black sea hitting odesa s port. two others were taken out by air defence systems. for coffee vendor sergei, there was only one thing to do. translation: i saw black smoke after the missiles hit, so i knew i had to run to a bomb shelter and hide. it was very scary
Bradshaw and Sophie Hitchon, Katarina Johnson thompson, who have finished just outside the medals and it means after the fourth day of the World Championships, the british tea m World Championships, the british team only have one solitary gold medalfrom sir mo team only have one solitary gold medal from sir mo farah. Team only have one solitary gold medalfrom sir mo farah. They will hope for a few more, perhaps in the relay and sir mo farah runs again in the 5000 metres at the weekend but when you compare it to the seven medals they won in beijing two years ago, it is going to be hard for them to match it this time around. Some other news for you, wayde van niekerk, the best chance the sport has of replacing usain bolt as its biggest star, his chances of success in the 200 and 400 metres have improved because isaac makwala, botswa na, improved because isaac makwala, botswana, as pulled out with illness and it could be rated this statement from the local Organising Committee which says
Doctors say a british woman who was shot while on holiday to brazil is lucky to be alive. Eloise dixon is reported to have been attacked when her family drove into a slum area. Good morning. Tesco has announced its scrapping 5p Carrier Bags altogether in favour of the more expensive bags for life. Ill be asking if other retailers will do the same. Also this morning, the challenge of finding the right pair of shoes for the children. Well be getting the latest advice on a problem troubling many parents at this time of year. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Good morning from the roof of the Broadcasting House in london. Grey skies. Dry at the moment. Rain and showers. Heavy downpours in east anglia and the south east. For the rest of the uk, it is sunshine and showers. I will have more details in 15 minutes. Thank you, carol. We will start with our top story. More than 40 of Maternity Wards in england closed their doors to expectant mothers at least once in 2016, data obtained by
Go. Just a little bit of rain does not stop the lighting of the worlds most famous Christmas Tree in a starstudded and soaked celebration. Rockefeller Center Shining bright. And the tree does not need watering today, thursday, december 1st, 2016. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Its a thursday morning. Now, we can celebrate. We got this gorgeous tree. Its all lit up. We got willie. Youre just a little shorter than the tree. And youre still out here from last night. I won the coin toss. Matt had to be out here in the rain last night. I get to be here now. It looked like fun. It was a beautiful night. We had a great crowd. It was soaking wet at times. Well have more on the treelighting. We want to start with south. And in tennessee, the wildfires rages on. Kerry sanders is in gatlinburg, tennessee. Reporter good morning, the threat from the fires here is far from over.
Go. Just a little bit of rain does not stop the lighting of the worlds most famous Christmas Tree in a starstudded and soaked celebration. Rockefeller Center Shining bright. And the tree does not need watering today, thursday, december 1st, 2016. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Its a thursday morning. Now, we can celebrate. We got this gorgeous tree. Its all lit up. We got willie. Youre just a little shorter than the tree. And youre still out here from last night. I won the coin toss. Matt had to be out here in the rain last night. I get to be here now. It looked like fun. It was a beautiful night. We had a great crowd. It was soaking wet at times. Well have more on the treelighting. We want to start with south. And in tennessee, the wildfires rages on. Kerry sanders is in gatlinburg, tennessee. Reporter good morning, the threat from the fires here is far from over.